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On February 24, the North Dakota House defeated HB 1245 by a vote of 29-64. It would have legalized paying initiative petitioners on a per-signature basis.
Richard Winger
On February 24, Texas told the Supreme Court that it doesn’t plan to file a response in Miller v Nelson, 24-854, the Texas ballot access case.
On February 20, the New Jersey Senate State Government Committee passed S4142, which change primary ballot access to an office-group format. The bill has many features that drew opposition. See this story. … Continue reading
On February 21, Pennsylvania filed this brief in West v Pennsylvania Department of State, w.d., 2:24cv-1349. The issue is the discriminatory law that requires petitioning presidential candidates to file sworn declarations of candidacy for each presidential elector candidate, and also … Continue reading
Rhode Island Representative Brian Newberry (R-North Smithfield) has introduced HB 5520, to divide Rhode Island into four equal-population districts. Each “presidential elector district” would elect one presidential elector. This is different than the Nebraska and Maine systems, in which there … Continue reading